kiss.<\/p>\n
Let me say first off
\n“kitsch” (the sound \u2014
\nnot the meaning)
\nmore fully expresses
\nthe lush experience
\nthat a kiss can be
\nbut since such history
\n(George Orwell excepted)
\ncannot be undone
\nlet’s deal with what we have<\/p>\n
Kiss is used as a beauty
\nepithet as in “sun-kissed”
\nand it is certainly used in
\nceremonies of respect
\nwherein one kisses both cheeks
\nin greeting someone in many
\nenlightened European spots
\nor kisses someone’s ring
\nas a sign of fealty<\/p>\n
But let’s get at the real fun stuff
\nswapping spit, tongues,
\nheavy breathing \u2014
\nthat’s the real turn on
\nand it is often the prelude
\nto better things<\/p>\n
Then there is the pejorative
\nfunction of the word as in
\nkiss my Royal Canadian arse*<\/p>\n
But let us leave this revery
\nbathed in sweetness and light
\na kiss is a sweet experience
\nthat can often tell you
\nsoft* wondrous secrets
\nthat lead you further
\ninto the realms of fulfilment
\nthan can dreams . . .<\/p>\n
kiss.<\/p>\n
*arse: Philology III<\/a> kiss. Let me say first off “kitsch” (the sound \u2014 not the meaning) more fully expresses the lush experience that a kiss can be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creative-writing","category-philology","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n*soft: Philology I<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"